massive airbag explosion

Aug 30, 2016 2 Replies

Truck transporting Takata airbag materials explodes, One dead, four injured.

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Who packed the stuff on the truck? Ammonium nitrate has really low sensitivity. We used to cart bags of it around gravel roads in mining sites in Toyota Landruisers when it was 110 Fahrenheit in the shade. You need 25 grams of other explosive to detonate it.

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